Thomas Edison
The war of currents
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tjared
Edison maximized his own profits through mass-production systems and intellectual property rights. He disagreed with George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla because they advocated the alternating current (AC) system that Tesla had invented.
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jwalsh
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The war against AC led Edison to design and promote the electric chair.
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